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Olivia Colman, who won a Golden Globe on Sunday for “The Favourite,” is also nominated for a British Academy Film Award.

Thursday, January 10, 2019 1:00 am

'Favourite' leads British Academy nominations

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LONDON – Wickedly funny royal comedy-drama “The Favourite” lived up to its name Wednesday, leading the race for the British Academy Film Awards.

Yorgos Lanthimos' film received 12 nominations for the U.K. equivalent of the Oscars, including best film, best director and best actress, for Olivia Colman. Colman won a Golden Globe on Sunday for her performance as Britain's 18th-century Queen Anne.

Colman's co-stars, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, received supporting-actress nominations as the two women competing for the monarch's patronage.

Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” lunar drama “First Man,” autobiographical Mexican story “Roma” and musical melodrama “A Star Is Born” each received seven nominations for the prizes, considered an indicator of likely success at Hollywood's Academy Awards in what's shaping up to be an unpredictable awards season.

Best-picture nominees for the British awards, known as BAFTAs, are “BlacKkKlansman,” “The Favourite,” “Green Book,” Roma” and “A Star is Born.”